Improvement in harness



a. 1. CALVERT.

Harness.

No. 201,745. Patented March 26,1878

@ glm ATTORNEYS PETERS. NOTO-LITNOGRAFHER WRSHINGTON. O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALENDER I. CALVERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

- IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,745, dated March26, 1878 application filed September 27, 1877.

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CALENDER I. CALVERT, of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia,- and in the State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inHarness; and do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the mode hereinafter described ofconstructing the breeching of harness for horses, and the mode ofattaching the same to the thills of vehicles, as will be set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, Figure1 represents a perspective of the thills of a vehicle with a portion ofthe breeching attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is a section of the ironwhich is secured to the thills for holding the breeching.

In the figures, A A represent the thills of a vehicle, which areconstructed in any of the well-known and usual ways. To the under sideof these thills, and far enough back to connect the breeching, aresecured the irons or holders B B. These holders are made of any suitablematerial, and are provided with a loop, 0, and a hook, d, the point ofwhich points backward. The holders are secured to the shafts by screwsor bolts, or in other suitable manner.

D represents the holdback or buttock strap of the breeching, which isprovided at each end with a ring, 6. J J represent side straps, whichbuckle into the rings 0 e. I I represent short straps, which areprovided at their inner ends with rings, and'near their outer ends witheyes. The straps J J pass through the rings on the straps II. The outerends of the straps I I pass through the loops 0 c on the holders B B,and then their eyes are caught over the hooks d d. The hip-straps of thebreeching are secured in the rings 6 e, and serve to hold up thebuttock-strap D, as is usual. 1

By this arrangement a horse may be attached to a vehicle very quicklyand securely by simply passing the end of a strap, I, into the loop a,and securing it upon the hook, and then the breeching can be lengthenedor shortened to suit different-sized horses by simply taking up orletting out the straps J J.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. The strap D, theadjusting-straps J J, and the fastening-straps I I, connected andconstructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The holders B B, secured to the thills and provided with loops 0 cand hooks d d, in combination with the straps II, as constructed, forthe purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereimto set my hand this3d day of September, 1877.

OALENDER I. CALVERT.

